Engineering Materials And Their Applications

This edition of the classic text/reference book has been updated and revised to provide balanced coverage of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. The first five chapters assess the different structures of metals, ceramics and polymers and how stress and temperature affect them. Demonstrates how to optimize a material's structure by using equilibrium data (phase diagrams) and nonequilibrium conditions, especially precipitation hardening. Discusses the structures, characteristics and applications of the important materials in each field. Considers topics common to all materials—corrosion and oxidation, failure analysis, processing of electrical and magnetic materials, materials selection and specification. Contains special chapters on advanced and large volume engineering materials plus abundant examples and problems.

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Page 140In the casting processes the liquid metal is poured into a mold of the desired
shape and allowed to solidify. There are many different casting techniques. In
sand casting the mold is made of sand bonded with clay, and the cooling rate is ...

Page 287Slip casting is an interesting and rather unique method in which a suspension of
clay in water is poured into a mold (Fig. 8.1). The mold is usually made of plaster
of Paris with controlled porosity so that some of the water of the suspension ...

Page 302Although not formally recognized as a branch of ceramics, the preparation of
ceramic molds for 20 million tons of metal castings deserves attention because of
both the volume of ceramics used and the intricacy of the problems involving ...

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